19.07.2012 [LubbockOnline.com] - Bassem Tellawi. A U.N. observers vehicle arrives at the site where a suicide attack hit the National Security building in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. The attack occurred during a meeting of Cabinet ministers and senior security officials

17.07.2012 [Newser] - Nawaf Fares, then-governor of the Quneitra, Syria, briefs a visiting UN delegation in this July 3, 2008 file photo. Fares, who was later named ambassador to Iraq, has defected. (AP photo/Bassem Tellawi, File)

28.12.2008 by arturoafc54 Above: UPROAR: Supporters of Hamas protest in Damascus, Syria. The reaction of the Arab street shows that the Palestinian issue is not just about Palestinians, one analyst says. Photo: Bassem Tellawi / Associated Press.